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Five people have been shot at a school in the city of Örebro in central Sweden, Swedish police said on Tuesday. “The charges are currently attempted murder, arson and aggravated weapons offense,” the police said, without specifying who exactly had been charged. A major operation is underway after shots were …

China announces retaliatory measures after a 10% U.S. tariff takes effect. Elon Musk’s move to shut down USAID has some questioning his influence. And meet the Black travelers who have found community as they traverse the globe. Here’s what to know today. China hits back with its own tariffs; Trump …

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — In 2022, Salman Rushdie was about to deliver a lecture before a live audience in western New York when a man ran towards him and plunged a knife into the author’s hand as he raised it in self-defense. “After that there are many blows, to my neck, …

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A conservative author who has spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and written on social media that “competent white men must be in charge” has been named to a top post at the State Department. Secretary of State Marco Rubio tapped Darren Beattie to be …

HONG KONG — China retaliated immediately Tuesday as a 10% U.S. tariff on Chinese goods went into effect, announcing a series of measures including its own levies of 10% to 15% on some U.S. products. Starting Feb. 10, China will impose an additional tariff of 15% on coal and liquefied …

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has tried to freeze up to hundreds of billions of dollars in federal money and given billionaire ally Elon Musk access to sensitive Treasury payment systems that send out trillions of dollars. Trump and his team have purged agency watchdogs, top FBI executives and federal …

The impacts of Donald Trump’s long-promised pledge to use tariffs as a political cudgel started to come into focus Monday, even as the president cut last-minute deals with some of the country’s closest allies allowing him to back down from his initial threats.  On Saturday, Trump announced that he would …

A Georgia man was sentenced last week to 475 years in prison for facilitating dog fights and abusing animals, which included 107 dogs seized at his property in November 2022, authorities said. It’s the longest-known sentence involving dog fighting anywhere, state animal crimes resource prosecutor Jessica K. Rock, also a …

FBI executives contemplated resisting Justice Department demands that they turn over the names of FBI personnel involved in Capitol riot cases, but ultimately decided they must comply with what lawyers deemed a lawful order, current and former FBI officials told NBC News. Among the options under consideration was sending only …